Statement - Conclusions Questions and Answers

Answer: A

Correct answer: If only conclusion (1) follows.

If London is the most expensive city, then every other city, Bangalore included, is less expensive - conclusion 1. Conclusion 2 names the cheapest city, which does not follow from knowing the dearest. Only 1 follows.

Answer: B

Correct answer: If only conclusion (2) follows.

94% is a high score, so calling Sonya a bright student is a fair inference - conclusion 2. Conclusion 1 needs the other pupils’ marks: someone else may have scored higher. Only 2 follows.

Answer: B

Correct answer: If neither (1) nor (2) follows.

The statement runs one way only: KS College students who clear the interview will be placed in the bank. Working at the bank does not prove that anyone came by that route - Albert may have joined from anywhere - so neither his college nor his interview can be inferred. Arguing back from the outcome is affirming the consequent. Neither follows.

Answer: D

Correct answer: If neither (1) nor (2) follows.

Tamil is spoken by people in Chennai, but it is spoken elsewhere too, so Maya’s speaking it does not place her in Chennai - conclusion 1 argues back from the outcome. Conclusion 2 supposes she knows other languages, of which nothing is said. Neither follows.

Answer: D

Correct answer: If neither (1) nor (2) follows.

A high price is no guarantee of good food or pleasant surroundings; a restaurant may be costly for its location, its rent or its reputation. Both conclusions supply reasons the statement does not give. Neither follows.

Answer: B

Correct answer: Only conclusion II follows

Keeping a job ready for a good artist shows that one is wanted - conclusion II. Conclusion I assumes the person addressed is a good artist, whereas the statement only sets that as a condition. Only II follows.

Answer: E

Correct answer: Both I and II follows.

A man who makes dowry a condition is said to discredit himself and dishonour womanhood - which is precisely the ground for society condemning him, conclusion I; and if taking dowry dishonours womanhood, not taking it is the respectful course, conclusion II. Both follow.

Answer: D

Correct answer: Neither I or II follows

Conclusion I supposes that one company’s gain must be another’s loss, whereas the whole market may have grown. Conclusion II reads “increased” as increased from nothing, which no one says. Neither follows.

Answer: E

Correct answer: Both I and II follows.

A milk glut means more milk than the state can use - conclusion I - and the report says outright that the dairies failed to take up the available milk, which is conclusion II. Both follow.

Answer: D

Correct answer: Neither I or II follows.

Conclusion I compares India with developed countries, a comparison the statement never makes. Conclusion II makes a claim about how many organisations are affected, which is equally absent. The statement reports only that the amendment has been welcomed. Neither follows.